The Nigerian government has made known the agreements it reached with Twitter necessitating the lifting of the ban on the micro blogging site after a seven months ban placed on the social media giant. It could be recalled that Twitter fell out of favour with the Nigerian government after it pulled down a tweet by President Buhari in August citing contravention of community standards. The Government stated that Twitter agreed to meet all the conditions it set.
In the words of the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Mallam Inuwa Kashifu: “The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) directs me to inform the public that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria effective from 12am tonight, January 13.
“The approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.
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“In the memo, the Minister updates and requests the President’s approval for the lifting based on the Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement’s recommendation.
“The FGN has asked Twitter to fulfil some conditions before restoring its services.
“These conditions addressed legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publication in line with Nigerian laws.
“Twitter has agreed to meet all the conditions set by the FGN.
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With this development, Nigerians will be able to log on to their Twitter handles or browser without using VPN, following the lifting of the ban on their operations by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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